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energy savings at home

Improving your home's energy efficiency with ENERGY STAR can help to lower high energy bills, improve comfort and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Learn about the many ways to save in your home and track your progress with "My ENERGY STAR" - your new dashboard to savings.

new homes & apartments

A new home or apartment that has earned the ENERGY STAR label has undergone a process of inspections, testing, and verification to meet strict requirements set by the US EPA. ENERGY STAR certified homes and apartments use significantly less energy than typical new homes and apartments while delivering better comfort, quality, and durability.

Long Island Power Authority (LIPA)

Uniondale, New York

ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year - Energy Efficiency Program Delivery

Long Island Power Authority (LIPA) is a nonprofit municipal electricity provider delivering electricity to nearly 1.1 million customers in Nassau and Suffolk counties and the Rockaway Peninsula in Queens, New York. LIPA is receiving ENERGY STAR recognition for the dramatic increase in homes served under its Home Performance with ENERGY STAR program in 2009, from 138 in 2008 to more than 1,000, by re-thinking program delivery to maximize customer participation with an easy entry and less costly approach. Key accomplishments include:

Redesigning its Home Performance with ENERGY STAR model to deliver greater electricity savings through a more cost-effective targeted approach.

Encouraging the installation of cost-effective follow-up electricity savings measures under Home Performance with ENERGY STAR through sales tools such as customer rebates.

Positioning HPD as a value proposition for Home Performance with ENERGY STAR contractors by marketing it as an opportunity to turn a "paid" sales lead into additional work. To date, 40 percent of HPD participants move immediately to have additional efficiency measures installed.